Paper holder and cutter



I (No Model.)

J. REYNOLDS.

PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER.

Patented Sept. 25, 1888.

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JOHN REYNOLDS, OF CHICAGO, ASSIGNOR TO WALLACE B. GILBERT, OF AUSTIN, ILLINOIS.

PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 390,189, dated September 25, 1888.

Application filed February 521, 1888. Serial 170.364.761. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN REYNOLDS, a citizen of the United States, residing in Chicago, county of Cook, in the State of Illinois, have made certain Improvements in Paper Holders and Cutters, of which the following is a specifieation.

The nature of this invention is to produce a com bined paper holder and cutter, as will hereinafter be shown.

Figure 1 is a front elevation with a part of the knife and roller cutaway. Fig. 2 is an end view showing the paper passing from the bottom of the roll of paper and over the intermediate roll. Fig. 3 is an end view showing the paper passing over the intermediate roller.

A A are the posts of the frame holding the rollers and knife.

B B are knees projecting from each post, respectively, on which is fastened the knife 0 by the screw D.

E E are arms extending from the posts re spectively directly over the knives.

F F are levers, at their upper ends attached to and swinging from the outer ends of arms E E. At the lower ends of these levers, in properly-formed sockets, are placed the ends of the paper roll G, in which sockets it revolves.

Between the paper roll and knife is the intermediate roll, H, supported by the knees B B. The knife 0 is made curved and extends across the device from post to post.

P, Fig. 1, is an annular wedge, placed on the roller H. A continuous piece of paper is wound or placed on the roller H, and is placed in the sockets in lower ends of levers F. Gravity causes the roll of paper to swing against the intermediate roller, H. The upper ends of levers F F are immediately, or nearly so, over the roller H. The knife 0 is provided with one or two edges. The paper is unwound from the roll, passed over the intermediate roll, H, and under the knife 0, as shown at R, where it is brought across the lower edge of the knife and out off at the length desired. The roller H prevents the roll of paper from swinging against the cutter, which, if it did, would produce so much friction that the paper would tear while in the act of cutting, the function of the roll H being to prevent this friction with the roll of paper and knife. The roll of paper constantly laps against the roller H by the force of gravity, and, it being a small roller, the paper can be readily unwound and cut off by the edge of the knife. Either edge of the knife can be used.

Rolls of paper of different length can be used on the same roller,G, as indicated by the dotted lines S S, Fig. 1, the paper being wound on a larger mandrel than the diameter of roller G. In this case the annular wedge P is usedone at each endto center the paper properly on the roller G. By changing the roll of paper so that the unwinding will be from the top or the bottom the unwound paper will pass over or under the intermediate roller, H. The knife 0 can be readily removed by removing the screw D.

This device can be placed on the counter, table, or suspended from any convenient point.

I claim The combination of roller G, swinging 1evers F F, the upper ends of which are at or near a point over the iptermediate roller, H, and posts A A, provided, respectively, with the projecting arms E and knees B, roller H, and knife 0, as shown.

JOHN REYNOLDS.

\Vitnesses:

(l. O. KNArs'rEIN, JAS. A. CowLns. 

